Electricity:
capacity: prior to the civil war, 75,000 kW, but now almost completely
shut down due to war damage; note - UN and relief organizations use
their own portable power systems
production: NA kWh
consumption per capita: NA kWh
Industries: a few small industries, including sugar refining,
textiles, petroleum refining (mostly shut down) (1994)
Agriculture: dominant sector, led by livestock raising (cattle, sheep,
goats); crops - bananas, sorghum, corn, mangoes, sugarcane; not
self-sufficient in food; distribution of food disrupted by civil
strife; fishing potential largely unexploited
Economic aid:
recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $639 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $3.8 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $1.1 billion;
Communist countries (1970-89), $336 million
Currency: 1 Somali shilling (So. Sh.) = 100 cents
Exchange rates: Somali shillings (So. Sh.) per US$1 - approximately 5,000 (1 January 1995), 2,616 (1 July 1993), 4,200 (December 1992), 3,800.00 (December 1990), 490.7 (1989),
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Somalia:Transportation
Railroads: 0 km
Highways: total: 22,500 km paved: 2,700 km unpaved: gravel 3,000 km; improved, stabilized earth 16,800 km (1992)